This project seeks to improve forest health and diversity in plantations. In addition, this project seeks to reduce excessive fuel loading primarily along forest roads. Approximately 4,000 acres may be proposed for vegetation and fuels treatments.
This project seeks to improve forest health and resiliency on approximately 4,000 acres of plantations and reduce excessive fuel loading along forest roads in the Oak Grove Fork Clackamas River watershed within the Clackamas River Ranger District. The purpose of this notice is to invite your input during a 30-day comment period on the preliminary assessment completed for this project. Please submit comments by June 19, 2026. Comments should be directly related to and within the scope of proposed action and must include supporting reasons for the responsible official to consider. The EA can be found at the project website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mthood/projects/68848. The District plans to use the Emergency Action Determination (EAD) for this project (Secretarial Memo 1078-006). A project carried out under this authority is not subject to objection under the pre-decisional administrative review process (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 40807(d)). This means that this comment period is the final opportunity to provide input before the responsible official signs a decision about the project. The responsible official is Phil Monsanto, District Ranger (503-668-1700). A link to provide electronic comments is located on the project website under “Get Connected” and then “Comment/Object on Project.” If you are unable to submit comments electronically, please send them to: Anvil Vegetation Management Project, c/o Christine Pyle, Clackamas River Ranger District, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR, 97055.
Communications from the public regarding this project, including commenters' names and contact information, will become part of the public record. Comments, including anonymous comments, will be accepted at any time. However, comments posted after the close of a designated comment period may not be able to be given full consideration. Anonymous comments and comments submitted after the close of the final designated comment period will not provide the commenter standing for administrative review. Comments, or in some cases other expressions of interest, along with respondent's contact information, submitted during the comment period may be necessary to establish a respondent's eligibility to participate in an administrative review for this proposed action. Interested members of the public should review the proposal's information to determine the applicable administrative review process and the eligibility requirements for that process.
The form below can be used to submit your comments to the responsible project official.
National Forests have the option to post comments for public viewing on this web site via a public reading room. Active reading rooms allow the public to read or download your letter, including your contact information. If this project has an active reading room, a link labeled “Public Comment Reading Room” will appear on the main project page. The agency may withhold letters containing proprietary information, sensitive cultural or habitat locations, profanity, etc. All letters, including those not posted, will be considered and included as part of the project record.
Disclaimer: All contact information is optional; however, anonymous comments will not provide standing to object.
